Hello List,
My father and I just bought a 1990 20' Overnighter with a 2005 Mercury 150. Home port will be Northport, NY on the north shore of Long Island. Weare psyched after being out of boating for about 15 years.
We are making our to-do list for the next few months. This forum has already answered a ton of our questions with the many helpful threads. Hopefully some of you can chime in with your vast experience on topics that I haven't seen directly answered by older threads.
Hardtop- anyone put one on their 20'? Pitfalls, pointers, obstacles? Can you send me pics, either here or offline (my email address is bryan3536 @ gmail dot com)? Want one for sun cover and to extend our season a bit.
Carpeting <gasp> - Most of you are probably fisherman so this suggestion might sound crazy to you, but our boat is going to be a family cruiser first and only an occasional fisherman. We always had snap down carpeting on our prior boats, and like it - what can I say, it is nice on bare feet. Anyway, anyone do this? I am thinking of a two-piece design, one for the helm area and one for the cockpit, so I can remove the latter and store it in the cabin while on a mooring. Interested to hear anyone else's thoughts.
Replacement of Center Floor Hatch - the hull and deck are rock solid, with the exception of the large center hatch in the cockpit covering the fuel tank, which sags when my svelte 230lbs walks over it. Going to have the yard reinforce or completely replace it. Anyone else do this? Any issues, etc.?
Cushions - We are doing what we can to salvage cushions - most appear to be in great shape. However, the boat doesnt appear to have changed much in 20 years, and we but are wondering whether current (or newer model used) "Adventure" cushions (and hatches, for that matter) fit the older models of the Overnighter. Anyone know the answer to this? Have a call in to GW on this.
Gauges - we have the original gauge configuration. The two left-bottom row gauges are "empty." anyone know what went there from factory? We are assuming there was an option not on our boat which made use of these.
Many thanks!!
My father and I just bought a 1990 20' Overnighter with a 2005 Mercury 150. Home port will be Northport, NY on the north shore of Long Island. Weare psyched after being out of boating for about 15 years.
We are making our to-do list for the next few months. This forum has already answered a ton of our questions with the many helpful threads. Hopefully some of you can chime in with your vast experience on topics that I haven't seen directly answered by older threads.
Hardtop- anyone put one on their 20'? Pitfalls, pointers, obstacles? Can you send me pics, either here or offline (my email address is bryan3536 @ gmail dot com)? Want one for sun cover and to extend our season a bit.
Carpeting <gasp> - Most of you are probably fisherman so this suggestion might sound crazy to you, but our boat is going to be a family cruiser first and only an occasional fisherman. We always had snap down carpeting on our prior boats, and like it - what can I say, it is nice on bare feet. Anyway, anyone do this? I am thinking of a two-piece design, one for the helm area and one for the cockpit, so I can remove the latter and store it in the cabin while on a mooring. Interested to hear anyone else's thoughts.
Replacement of Center Floor Hatch - the hull and deck are rock solid, with the exception of the large center hatch in the cockpit covering the fuel tank, which sags when my svelte 230lbs walks over it. Going to have the yard reinforce or completely replace it. Anyone else do this? Any issues, etc.?
Cushions - We are doing what we can to salvage cushions - most appear to be in great shape. However, the boat doesnt appear to have changed much in 20 years, and we but are wondering whether current (or newer model used) "Adventure" cushions (and hatches, for that matter) fit the older models of the Overnighter. Anyone know the answer to this? Have a call in to GW on this.
Gauges - we have the original gauge configuration. The two left-bottom row gauges are "empty." anyone know what went there from factory? We are assuming there was an option not on our boat which made use of these.
Many thanks!!